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WITNESSES INVENTOR` y UNITED STATES' VPNFENT Graine.

JOSEPH J. ADGATE, OF NEW YRK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,596, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed Augnsti, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, JosnPH J. ADGATE, of New York, in the'county ot' New York, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe- Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being Vhad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical vsection taken in the plane indicated by dotted line a; x on Fig. 2, showingdhe bedstead in dotted lilies in a horizontal position, and also showing the bedstead in full lines in an inclined position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the roller and of a portion of the bedstead and a section of the casing, taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line fr" a" of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, showing the bedstead-frame folded in the cas' ing and hidden from view by the curtain. "Fig 4 is a i'ront elevation, showing the curtain and lambrequin hung from the casing.

This invention relates to wardrobe-bedsteads which areespeciallydesigned for compactness,

and which is adapted to fold into a casing which may be portable, or it -may be permanently secured against the wall of a room in any convenient or suitable position.

The nature of myin vention consists in abedstead frame or bottom which is hung from a casing, in combination with a weighted rotating cylinder, a movable head-board and hinged guard, and `suspension-arms, said bedsteadlrame being provided with pivoted gravitatinglegs, as will be hereinafter explained.

My invention also consists in thecombination, with a balanced bedstead-frame which is ing by means of arms C, that are pivoted at a a to the sides ofthe bedstead-frame and at b b to the sides of the easing, as shown. The button-heads ofthe pivots center slots c ofa tapering form made through the said arms C, so that the bedstead-frame is thereby detachable from these arms. The slots c inthe arms G, above referred to, are broader at their upper ends than at their lower, their walls converging as they descend toward thelower extremity thereot'. The bedstead-frame is attached to the arms C near the head part of said frame, and at this latter part I pivot or journal a cylinder, E, which I prefer to make hollow, so that it may be loaded with sand or any other substance when it is found necessary to do so. This cylinder E not only serves as a counterbalancing weight for-the bedsteadframe D; but it also serves as an anti-friction bearing for said frame against the face of the casing A.

\Vhen the bedstead-frame is a horizontal position, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. l, its outer end issustaiued uponv the floor by pivoted gravitating legs l. When the bedsteadframe is turned up, as indicaterLin full lines, Fig. 3, it is supported within the casing by the pivoted arms or hangers C, and is inclosed therein by means of a curtain, P, and' a lainbrequin, L. The curtain P is hung from a horizontal rail by means of rings N, and the lambrequin is hung from a rail by means of rings IVI. These parts completely hide from view 'the bedstead when it is folded in the casing, as shown in Fig. 3, and they may be made highly ornamental at small expense.

F designates a head-board, which is vertically movable in grooves or'slots G, made in thesides of the casing A, and which has hinged .to its lower edge a guard, H., which prevents tically-movable head-board provided with a IOO hinged section, H, with a suitable casing, A, all constructed and adapted to operate substantiall;r in the manner and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, in a wardrobe-bedstead, of a casing, A, the connterbalanced frame I), the cylinder E at the head thereof, adapted to bear against the face of said casing, the suspension-arms slotted and connected to the said frame D by button-headed pins, and the pivoted gravitating legs I, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

3. In a wardrobe-bedstead, the following,r elements, to wit: the pivoted frame D,the receiving-casug A therefor, the lambrequin L, and a suitable support, M, the curtain P, and a suitable support, N, therefor, said lambrequin and curtain being` adapted to form an inclosure for the casing and bed and to exclude 2o the same from View, substantially as shown and described.

lu testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 4th day ot' August, 1882.

JOSEPH J. ADGATE.

\Vitnesses:

J. J. MCGARTHY, II. A. ToULMiN. 

